Friday Funny: A Dig At The 9/11 Memorial Project's Progress

Five years after 9/11, satirical publication The Onion reports on the World Trade Center rebuilding effort in New York City.

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September 8, 2006, 2:00 PM PDT

By Michael Dudley

The Onion reports from the dedication ceremony of the newly completed "9/11 Memorial Hole", which, in the words of one of the officials present, is "a recess in the ground befitting the American spirit."

"Begun only days after the 2001 attacks, the Hole covers almost the entire footprint of the original World Trade Center, contains over 16 acres of empty space, and is visible as far away as Hoboken, NJ. Over $175 million has been spent on the Hole's development, and thousands of pages of proposals and designs concerning the site in which the Hole was excavated were reviewed in over 2,800 hours of meetings."

Read the full story: NYC Unveils 9/11 Memorial Hole

Thursday, September 7, 2006 in The Onion

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